Electoral wardE05013068
Chorley North West ward, Chorley
Chorley North West is one of 14 electoral wards of Chorley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,753 residents in 3,704 households — 2,419 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chorley constituency; for county elections it is in the Chorley North and Chorley Central divisions.
Residents, 20217,753council ward average 8,409
Households3,7042.09 residents per household
Density2,419/ km²about 3.20 km² · Chorley 581
Aged 65+25.1%Chorley: 20.5% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 372
5–95.0% · 384
10–155.8% · 448
16–193.1% · 238
20–244.4% · 338
25–3412.4% · 958
35–4918.2% · 1,410
50–6421.4% · 1,658
65–7412.7% · 986
75–849.0% · 701
85+3.4% · 260
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.4% · 866
1 car or van45.0% · 1,666
2 cars or vans24.5% · 908
3 or more7.1% · 264
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chorley overall: 72.1% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright39.1% · 1,449
With mortgage27.0% · 1,000
Shared ownership0.5% · 19
Social rented10.1% · 374
Private rented23.3% · 862
Type of home
Detached house16.0% · 594
Semi-detached house36.4% · 1,350
Terraced house31.7% · 1,175
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 407
Converted house1.7% · 62
Other conversion1.2% · 44
Above shop / office1.9% · 70
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013068- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Chorley North, Chorley Central
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
AAdlington & Anderton22.6% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned7,902BBuckshaw & Whittle11.1% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned10,089CChorley East16.4% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,467CChorley North & Astley24.1% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned7,954CChorley North East21.5% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned6,983CChorley South East & Heath Charnock20.2% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned9,435CChorley South West14.2% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned8,530CClayton East, Brindle & Hoghton19.9% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned9,100CClayton West & Cuerden21.8% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned8,726CCoppull21.0% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned8,300EEuxton23.4% aged 65+ · 84.9% owned7,686
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.